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Printed Books, Manuscripts & Maps including Books from the Library of Anthony and Clarissa Eden

Auction date Thursday, 13 July 2023 14:00 BST

Thursday 13 July   - Sussex Saleroom 

Lots 1 – 89  Books from the Library of Anthony and Clarissa Eden

Lots 90 – 200  Various Properties

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Total lots: 209

Lot 94 Sold
BAKER, Richard (c.1568-1645). A Chronicle of the Kings of England, London, 1674, folio, engraved title, lacking index leaves at the end, later half morocco. With 5 other works in 6 vols. The lot sold not subject to return. (7)
BAKER, Richard (c.1568-1645).  A Chronicle of the Kings of England. From the time of the Roman…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 95 Sold
BEAUMARCHAIS, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-99). La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro, Paris, 1785, large 8vo, 5 engraved plates, 19th-century red half morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION, later issue with illustrations.
BEAUMARCHAIS, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-99).  La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro,…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 96 Sold
BELL, Charles (1774-1842). An Exposition of the Natural System of the Nerves of the Human Body, London, 1824-27, 2 works including an "Appendix" bound in one, 3 folding plates [see note below], later half calf. FIRST EDITION. Sold not subject to return.
BELL, Charles (1774-1842).  An Exposition of the Natural System of the Nerves of the Human Body.…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £70 - £100
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 97 Unsold
BERNARD, Claude (1813-78). Introduction à l' Étude de la Médecine Expérimentale, Paris, 1856, 8vo, original grey printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, second issue.
BERNARD, Claude (1813-78).  Introduction  l' Étude de la Médecine Expérimentale. Paris, London &…
Estimate: £150 - £200
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 98 Sold
BINDING - Jane AUSTEN (1775-1817). Pride & Prejudice, London, 1894, 8vo, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, original highly elaborate pictorial cloth gilt with a peacock's tail design in gilt (lower cover dampstained). FIRST "PEACOCK" EDITION.
BINDING - Jane AUSTEN (1775-1817).  Pride and Prejudice ... With a Preface by George Saintsbury.…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 99 Sold
BINDINGS - Robert Smith SURTEES (1805-64). [Selected Works], London, 1888 [or c.1888], 7 volumes, 8vo, 102 hand-coloured vignettes and plates, FINELY BOUND in red half morocco gilt by Mudie. (7)
BINDINGS - Robert Smith SURTEES (1805-64).  [Selected Works]. London: John C. Nimmo [and others],…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 100 Sold
BOCK, Carl (1849-1932). The Head-Hunters of Borneo, London, 1881, large 8vo, folding map, 30 lithographed plates, of which 28 coloured, illustrations (some staining), original coloured pictorial cloth gilt (partly disbound). FIRST EDITION.
BOCK, Carl Alfred (1849-1932).  The Head-Hunters of Borneo: A Narrative of Travel up the Mahakkam…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £70 - £100
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 101 Sold
BOTELER, Thomas (1797-1929). Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia, Performed in His Majesty's Ships Leven and Barracouta, from 1821 to 1826, London, 1835, 2 vols, 8vo, 4 lithographed plates, modern calf-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. (2)
BOTELER, Thomas (1797-1929). Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia, Performed in…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 102 Sold
BRIGGS, Raymond (1934-2022). The Snowman, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978, small folio (300 x 210mm), coloured illustrations by Raymond Briggs, original coloured pictorial paper boards (head and foot of spine lightly bumped). FIRST EDITION.
BRIGGS, Raymond (1934-2022, illustrator).  The Snowman. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. Small folio …
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 103 Sold
BROWN, Thomas (dates unknown). A Letter in Reply to the Report of the Surgeons of the Vaccine Institutions, Edinburgh,1809, 8vo, contemporary or original grey paper-backed wrappers. FIRST EDITION of this anti-vaccination tract. RARE.
BROWN, Thomas (dates unknown).  A Letter in Reply to the Report of the Surgeons of the Vaccine…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 104 Sold
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-61). Poems Before Congress, London, 1860, 8vo, half title, contemporary crushed morocco by R. D. Canape. FIRST EDITION.
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-61).  Poems Before Congress. London: Chapman and Hall, 1860. 8vo …
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 104a Unsold
BUFFON, Georges-Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de (1757-1840). Oeuvres Complètes, Brussels, 1828-33, 20 volumes, large 8vo, 2 lithographed portraits, 2 maps, one table, 735 lithographed plates, many hand-coloured (one lacking), 19th-century calf gilt. (20)
BUFFON, Georges-Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de (1757-1840).  Oeuvres Complètes ... Suivies de ses…
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 105 Sold
BURNETT, Frances Hodgson (1849-1924). The Secret Garden, London, 1911, square 8vo, 8 coloured plates by Charles Robinson, original green pictorial buckram gilt. FIRST U.K. EDITION.
BURNETT, Frances Hodgson (1849-1924).  The Secret Garden. London: William Heinemann, 1911. Square…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 106 Sold
[BUTLER, John (1809-74)]. A Sketch of Assam, London, 1847, 8vo, 15 coloured lithographed plates only (of 16), contemporary calf (worn). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "Presented to Ja. Butler by his affectionate Brother, the Author."
[BUTLER, John (1809-74)].  A Sketch of Assam: with Some Account of the Hill Tribes. By an Officer…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 107 Sold
[CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665)]. Coeli stellati Christiani hæmisphærum posterius, Amsterdam: "G. Valk et P. Schenk," [1708], fine hand-coloured engraved hemispherical star chart, 440 x 520mm., unframed.
[CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665)].  Coeli stellati Christiani hæmisphærum posterius. Amsterdam: "G.…
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 108 Sold
[CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665)]. Planisphærium Braheum sive structura mundi totius, ex hypothesi Tychonis Brahei in plano delineata, Amsterdam: "Gerardum Valk et Petrum Schenk", [1708], fine hand-coloured engraved hemispherical star chart, 420 x 515mm.
[CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665)].  Planisphærium Braheum sive structura mundi totius, ex hypothesi…
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 108a Sold
CHAPBOOKS - Literary Miscellany: containing Humourous Pieces, Poughnill, 1801, small 8vo, original printed wrappers. With 3 other similar chapbooks. RARE. Please see the full description below. (4)
CHAPBOOKS - [Upper wrapper:] Literary Miscellany: containing Humourous Pieces; viz. Sermon on the…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 109 Sold
CHARLES I, King of England (1600-49, reign of) - An unusually large document in English on 10 vellum sheets probably relating to the Manor of Knoll or Knowle [?in Warwickshire], the first sheet with elaborate calligraphic initials, in old oak scroll box.
CHARLES I, King of England (1600-49, reign of) - An unusually large document in English on 10…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 110 Unsold
CHORNY, Sasha [i.e. pseudonym of Aleksandr Mikhailovich GLIKBERG (1880-1932)]. An unpublished autograph couplet in pencil, with an original sketch in pencil beneath of a woman wearing a hat, [c.1925], 225 x 175mm., in modern window mount.
CHORNY [or CHERNY], Sasha [i.e. pseudonym of Aleksandr Mikhailovich GLIKBERG (1880-1932)].  An…
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 111 Sold
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965). The Collected Works [and] The Collected Essays, London, 1973-76, 38 volumes, large 8vo, plates and maps, original armorial vellum (lacking the slipcases). A COMPLETE SET OF "THE CENTENARY EDITION". Limited edition. (38)
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965).  The Collected Works [and] The Collected Essays, edited by…
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 112 Sold
CLAVIUS, Christophorus (1537-1612). In sphaeram Ioannis de Sacro Bosco commentarius, Rome, 1581, large 8vo, woodcut diagrams and initials, tables, modern vellum with yapp edges. The work was first published in 1570.
CLAVIUS, Christophorus (1537-1612).  In sphaeram Ioannis de Sacro Bosco commentarius nunc iterum ab…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 113 Sold
COATS, William Allan (1853-1926) - Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures, Glasgow, 1904, large 4to, 138 photogravure plates, FINELY BOUND in contemporary turquoise crushed morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 200 COPIES "PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION."
COATS, William Allan (1853-1926, collector) - Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures of the French…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 114 Sold
Code Civil des Français, Paris, 1804, 8vo, contemporary French calf-backed marbled boards. FIRST EDITION of the "Napoleonic Code".
Code Civil des Français. Édition Originale et Seule Officielle. Paris: De l' Imprimerie de la…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 115 Sold
DIGBY, Kenelm (1603-65). A Late Discourse made in Solemne Assembly ... Touching the Cure of Wounds by the Powder of Sympathy; with Instructions how to make the said Powder, London, 1658, 12mo, later calf. Second [English] edition. RARE.
DIGBY, Kenelm (1603-65).  A Late Discourse Made in a Solemne Assembly of Nobles and Learned Men at…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023
13 July 2023

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